I’ve read bits and pieces from this over the years and saw the anthology film based on it years ago, but I had always intended on going back and reading it. I’ve been enjoying a variety of yokai art lately, so it was nice to have folktale companions to some of those images. The new edition has Hearn’s writing about insects which fit in the book well, as many of the ideas around the insects he chose also had spiritual connections.
A new translation of the Schulz stories I’ve read. I came to Schulz through the Quay Brothers adaptation of “Street of Crocodiles” and have come to love the bizarre literary world that birthed the filmic one. The piles of adjectives in the first story put me off, though this is also a technique that I believe Schulz was known for. For whatever reason, that discomfort fell away and I enjoyed these translations, which opened the stories up in a different way than previous readings. Also contains a newly found early story of Schulz’s!
I’ve criminally underlistened to Braxton’s catalog and am working on that. So much great music and so many interesting approaches. I was lucky enough to see him perform a solo set a few years back and it’s an easy top five shows for me.
Massively inspirational.
Fantastic group of improvs from the trio of Sandy Ewen, Weasel Walter, and Damon Smith. Powerhouses. Excellent. I haven’t heard Smith play 7-string upright, samples, or field recordings much, which he does here. Great artwork by Ewen.
I’ve been listening to it all week after buying it from Sandy just after her solo and duo sets last week.
A friend and I have been listening through Sepultura’s catalog in chronological order. I was a big fan in high school and haven’t heard some of this in decades.
I told my friend that some of the early stuff sounded like black metal, and he related a story that Max, the guitarist and singer, was constantly having black metal artists ask how he got his sound. He never tuned his guitar! They were like 15, and when he went to overdub, he didn’t realize it was out of tune–on some tracks more than others!
Great driving music. Some of the first death metal I ever heard. I like Benton’s music now more than I did as a teen.
I played on an improvised ambient/noise track that went up recently. You can hear it at Make World Gooder Tapes.
New playlist: McClurg’s Musicalia #17: Coffee and hot dogs!
Stephen McClurg 
I listened to the first four or five Sepultura albums in order today at the studio. Pretty great stuff.
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Indeed! Lots of Bay Area thrash influence on the early albums. More than I remembered. Especially some …And Justice for All vibes on Beneath the Remains. Can’t believe how good Igor was at such a young age. Powerhouse drummer!
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